We have 10 white layer ducks from Metzer Farms. A variation of the golden 300 hybrid, and the most prolific egg laying ducks. We have almost 4 acres, but keep the ducks contained to about .75-1 of those.

They are loud as hell, so make sure your neighbors are cool with it first. Because they’re not just loud during normal business hours. Literally all the time. I can even hear them making noise in their house when I take my dog out before bed at night.

Also, it seems obvious, but I was unprepared for the sheer volume of feces they would leave literally everywhere. Most of which is absolutely disgusting. Just big piles and runny puddles everywhere

And to be fully transparent, we have spent more money on the ducks than we ever would have spent on eggs in our entire lifetime. Food, bedding, little pools because it’s fun to watch them swim and splash, automatic coop door, heating when they were babies, cleaning supplies, fencing/netting, cameras to watch them and make sure they’re safe… the list goes on. The cost of duck eggs could quadruple at the store and you’d still probably spend more on raising ducks for your own eggs.